Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) Key Metrics
VIRT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $5.02B
- Enterprise value
- $14.39B
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.4 10-yr median 9.1
- Forward P/E
- 8.4
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 1.5 10-yr median 1.0
- Price / book
- 2.5 10-yr median 2.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.4 10-yr median 5.3
- Dividend yield
- 1.69% $0.96 a year
- Beta
- 0.65
VIRT key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsVIRT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
VIRT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
VIRT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
VIRT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
VIRT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
VIRT valuation history
VIRT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
VIRT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
VIRT cash returned to shareholders
VIRT price vs earnings per share
VIRT key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.84B | $3.13B | $1.91B | $2.13B | $3.41B | $3.08B | $1.82B | $2.63B | $1.15B | $614.7M |
| Enterprise value | $10.76B | $7.97B | $8.01B | $4.88B | $5.94B | $5.62B | $5.39B | $4.23B | $3.17B | $1.25B |
| P/E ratio | 6.1 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 4.7 | — | 9.1 | 389.7 | 18.6 |
| Price / sales | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Price / book | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 16.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| EV / sales | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.0 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 17.9 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 4.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 23.7 | 14.6 | 19.3 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 48.5 | 6.2 | 11.7 | 5.5 |
| Earnings yield | 16.5% | 8.8% | 7.5% | 12.4% | 14.0% | 21.1% | −3.2% | 11.0% | 0.3% | 5.4% |
| Free cash flow yield | 16.0% | 17.4% | 21.8% | 30.1% | 32.6% | 32.5% | 6.1% | 26.2% | 23.7% | 37.0% |
| Dividend yield | 12.3% | 9.6% | 16.1% | 17.6% | 16.1% | 3.9% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 6.1% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 19.0% | 15.7% | 28.2% | 40.5% | 28.7% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 10.1% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $33.32 | $35.68 | $20.26 | $20.41 | $28.83 | $25.17 | $15.99 | $25.76 | $18.30 | $15.95 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $42.57 | $32.76 | $24.38 | $22.65 | $23.74 | $26.48 | $13.32 | $18.40 | $16.43 | $18.22 |
| Earnings per share | $5.49 | $3.15 | $1.51 | $2.54 | $4.03 | $5.31 | −$0.51 | $2.84 | $0.05 | $0.86 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $6.08 | $6.82 | $5.23 | $6.77 | $9.89 | $8.67 | $1.48 | $7.00 | $4.64 | $6.22 |
| Free cash flow per share | $5.33 | $6.20 | $4.42 | $6.15 | $9.39 | $8.18 | $0.97 | $6.74 | $4.34 | $5.91 |
| Cash per share | $12.44 | $9.94 | $8.72 | $9.40 | $9.05 | $7.27 | $6.43 | $7.15 | $8.52 | $4.71 |
| Book value per share | $18.55 | $14.28 | $12.78 | $12.85 | $13.08 | $12.00 | $8.18 | $10.30 | $13.27 | $3.78 |
| Tangible book value per share | $3.26 | −$1.12 | −$2.17 | −$1.23 | $0.12 | −$1.10 | −$6.56 | $1.29 | −$2.01 | −$14.81 |
| Dividends per share | $4.09 | $3.41 | $3.25 | $3.59 | $4.63 | $0.98 | $0.99 | $0.98 | $1.02 | $0.98 |
| Capex per share | $0.74 | $0.62 | $0.81 | $0.62 | $0.51 | $0.49 | $0.51 | $0.26 | $0.30 | $0.31 |
| Debt per share | $105.22 | $65.05 | $73.63 | $35.69 | $30.41 | $28.03 | $37.72 | $22.86 | $40.94 | $21.07 |
| Shares outstanding | 85.3M | 87.8M | 94.1M | 104.4M | 118.4M | 122.3M | 113.9M | 102.1M | 62.6M | 38.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.9% | −6.6% | −9.9% | −11.8% | −3.2% | +7.4% | +11.6% | +63.1% | +62.4% | +9.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 33.0% | 22.5% | 11.2% | 18.3% | 31.6% | 54.1% | −5.9% | 30.8% | 0.6% | 23.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 13.1% | 16.3% | 13.3% | 18.9% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 6.6% | 30.9% | 8.5% | 26.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.6% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 4.7% | 6.6% | −0.7% | 3.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2.9% | 5.4% | 7.8% | −0.7% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.5% | 18.9% | 18.1% | 27.1% | 39.5% | 30.9% | 7.3% | 36.6% | 26.4% | 32.4% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.11 | 2.17 | 3.46 | 2.67 | 2.46 | 1.63 | — | 2.47 | 98.87 | 7.26 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $8.98B | $5.71B | $6.93B | $3.73B | $3.60B | $3.43B | $4.30B | $2.33B | $2.56B | $812.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.06B | $872.5M | $820.4M | $981.6M | $1.07B | $889.6M | $732.2M | $729.5M | $532.9M | $181.4M |
| Net debt | $7.92B | $4.84B | $6.11B | $2.75B | $2.53B | $2.54B | $3.57B | $1.60B | $2.03B | $630.7M |
| Debt / equity | 5.67 | 4.55 | 5.76 | 2.78 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 4.61 | 2.22 | 3.08 | 5.58 |
| Debt / assets | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.22 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.88 | 3.49 | 5.80 | 2.72 | 1.87 | 1.46 | 11.88 | 1.61 | 6.11 | 2.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.69 | 1.23 | 0.91 | 2.21 | 1.63 | 1.59 | 1.32 | 1.69 | 1.25 | 0.62 |
| Quick ratio | 1.69 | 1.23 | −0.50 | −1.28 | −1.02 | −0.89 | −1.21 | −0.73 | −1.02 | −1.30 |
| Interest coverage | 8.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| Working capital | $1.30B | $409.8M | −$159.3M | $1.22B | $889.0M | $1.08B | $537.0M | $756.1M | $310.0M | −$391.5M |
| Invested capital | $9.50B | $6.09B | $7.31B | $4.09B | $4.08B | $4.01B | $4.50B | $2.66B | $2.86B | $776.4M |
| Tangible asset value | $669.5M | $135.3M | −$1.1M | $181.0M | $328.4M | $251.6M | −$449.6M | $574.1M | $195.5M | −$182.0M |
| Net current asset value | −$14.99B | −$11.71B | −$11.36B | −$6.70B | −$6.16B | −$5.21B | −$6.19B | −$4.04B | −$4.61B | −$2.53B |
| Graham number | $47.86 | $31.80 | $20.84 | $27.09 | $34.43 | $37.86 | — | $25.64 | $3.74 | $8.53 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$182.52 | −$137.37 | −$109.45 | −$50.63 | −$39.18 | −$28.87 | −$39.32 | −$29.41 | −$55.80 | −$43.07 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $349.3M | $299.4M | $306.1M | $375.3M | $548.0M | $120.5M | $112.4M | $100.3M | $63.8M | $37.8M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $190.4M | $191.1M | $230.6M | $488.8M | $430.9M | $49.9M | $16.4M | $75.4M | $13.8M | $24.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 74.6% | 108.3% | 215.5% | 141.6% | 114.9% | 18.6% | — | 34.7% | — | 114.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 118.6% | 90.1% | 129.1% | 134.6% | 88.1% | 17.0% | 116.1% | 25.5% | 28.6% | 27.1% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.7% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 12.2% | 9.1% | 15.5% | 9.2% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 34.3% | 3.7% | 6.5% | 4.9% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.40 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 4.7% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 6.9% | 8.2% | 10.1% | 9.3% | 7.5% | 18.4% | 13.8% | 9.4% | 12.8% | 10.1% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 166.2 | 132.9 | 162.3 | 182.8 | 199.4 | 187.1 | 304.8 | 202.4 | 252.2 | 240.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | 1,244.8 | 1,312.2 | 1,344.1 | 1,383.4 | 1,621.0 | 1,686.2 | 2,012.2 | 1,964.1 |
| Days payables outstanding | 310.6 | 520.7 | 487.6 | 334.9 | 418.4 | 443.9 | 515.8 | 597.3 | 773.1 | 797.0 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | -144.4 | -387.9 | 919.4 | 1,160.2 | 1,125.1 | 1,126.7 | 1,409.9 | 1,291.4 | 1,491.3 | 1,407.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 2.20 | 2.75 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.83 | 1.95 | 1.20 | 1.80 | 1.45 | 1.52 |
| Payables turnover | 1.18 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 1.09 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.46 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.19 |
| Asset turnover | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| Average receivables | $1.65B | $1.05B | $1.02B | $1.18B | $1.54B | $1.66B | $1.27B | $1.04B | $710.4M | $462.6M |
| Average payables | $1.61B | $1.58B | $1.21B | $926.7M | $1.29B | $1.40B | $1.09B | $968.7M | $920.1M | $669.3M |
| Average inventory | — | — | $3.08B | $3.63B | $4.13B | $4.37B | $3.42B | $2.73B | $2.39B | $1.65B |
| Intangibles / total assets | 6.5% | 8.8% | 9.7% | 13.9% | 14.9% | 16.1% | 17.5% | 12.5% | 13.1% | 19.4% |
Computed from VIRT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 20, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
VIRT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Virtu Financial traded at 6.1 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 9.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 9.4 and the forward P/E is 8.4. Virtu Financial earned a return on equity of 33.0% and a return on invested capital of 13.1% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $9.0 billion of debt and $1.1 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $7.9 billion. It returned $539.7 million to shareholders: $349.3 million in dividends and $190.4 million in share buybacks, 119% of free cash flow. The share count rose 121.4% from 38.5M to 85.3M over 9 years.
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VIRT key metrics FAQ
What is Virtu Financial's P/E ratio?
Virtu Financial's trailing P/E ratio is 9.4 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 8.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 6.1, compared with a 10-year median of 9.1.
What is Virtu Financial's EV/EBITDA?
Virtu Financial's enterprise value was 8.0 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $10.8 billion, EBITDA $1.3 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 6.4.
What is Virtu Financial's return on equity?
Virtu Financial's return on equity (ROE) was 33.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $468.4 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.4 billion.
What is Virtu Financial's ROIC?
Virtu Financial's return on invested capital was 13.1% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Virtu Financial have?
Virtu Financial had total debt of $9.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.67 and $7.9 billion of net debt (5.88 times EBITDA).
What is Virtu Financial's dividend yield?
Virtu Financial's forward dividend yield is 1.69%. Virtu Financial paid $349.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($4.09 per share), a payout ratio of 74.6%.
Does Virtu Financial buy back its shares?
Yes. Virtu Financial spent $190.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.9% over the year, to 85.3M..
What is Virtu Financial's free cash flow yield?
Virtu Financial generated $454.9 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 16.0% on its market value at year-end ($2.8 billion).
What is Virtu Financial's current ratio?
Virtu Financial's current ratio was 1.69 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.69 times current liabilities.